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...sided nature of medical testing reflects a broader neglect of female health issues, some experts say. For example, the NIH reportedly spends just 13% of its budget studying women's health. The research shortfall, observes Dr. Florence Haseltine, director of the NIH's Center for Population Research, has left uncertainties on many vital questions, including the causes of infertility and the effect of diet on breast cancer...
More important criteria, she said, are the "scientific excellence and leadership capability" needed to handle the problems the NIH will face over the next decade...
...capable NIH director will need to be able to respond quickly to severe biological and medical problems, such as the AIDS crisis, "without being delayed by too many organizational layers," Wilson said...
...NIH needs a leader with the vision, judgment and flexibility to be able to operate in a time of such incredibly exciting expansion of scientific opportunities," Wilson said...
Also serving on the 16-member committee are MITPresident Paul E. Gray, former NIH Director DonaldFrederickson, and several other leaders inbusiness, government and academia...